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NAUTILIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nautilidae mean? 

NAUTILIDAE (noun)
  The noun NAUTILIDAE has 1 sense:

1. spiral-shelled cephalopodsplay

  Familiarity information: NAUTILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAUTILIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiral-shelled cephalopods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Nautilidae; Nautilidae

Hypernyms ("Nautilidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Nautilidae"):

genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)

Holonyms ("Nautilidae" is a member of...):

Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda (octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus)


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